108: How Jail Saved Doug Bopst's Life + Overcoming Addiction and Shame
Well with Arielle Lorre
Dear Media, Arielle Lorre
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this episode I’m talking to author, speaker, podcast host and trainer Doug Bopst about how he overcame years of addiction, shame and self loathing—and how being incarcerated on felony drug charges ultimately saved his life. Whether you have struggled with addiction or not, Doug has helpful tips for how to create habits to live your best life; how to change negative self talk; what habits to start doing today for a successful future; how to help a loved one who is struggling and so much more. We talk about our shared experience of using drugs and external things to numb uncomfortable feelings, and how to change that behavior in the present.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, welcome to the Blond Files podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm your host Arial Lori and I'm here to talk all things wellness. |
| 0:10.8 | From how to achieve optimal health and well-being to the best beauty tips and |
| 0:15.1 | everything in between, no topic is off limits. I know there is so much |
| 0:19.7 | information out there so I'm here to help you navigate it all and live your best life. |
| 0:24.0 | Thanks for listening. Let's get into it. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to the show today I'm talking to Doug Boats. He is an |
| 0:37.8 | award-winning personal trainer author speaker and podcast host of the show The Adversity Advantage, which I was on |
| 0:45.2 | recently so make sure to go check that out. He turned his life around after being |
| 0:50.3 | incarcerated for felony drug charges and he has a lot of advice and tips to not only overcome |
| 0:56.5 | adversity but on how to overcome things like shame, negative self-talk, self-loathing, and more. So we talk about all of that. We also talk about how to best |
| 1:06.8 | help a loved one if they're struggling with addiction. We get into his addiction, how to |
| 1:12.4 | create habits to live your best life, creating new pathways |
| 1:16.0 | in the brain to better deal with adversity, and so much more. |
| 1:20.8 | And this is just a really honest, vulnerable conversation conversation and even if you don't have the |
| 1:24.9 | experience of being an addict there's something here for everybody so enjoy. |
| 1:31.7 | All right welcome Welcome Doug. |
| 1:33.3 | Arial, thanks for having me. |
| 1:35.3 | Nice to see you again. I just went on Doug's show last week. So if you guys have not |
| 1:40.3 | checked that out yet, make sure to go over to the adversity advantage and listen to that. We had a great conversation and I'm excited to continue it here. You have such a fascinating story and I think you know just having listened to you on other |
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